India on Friday sealed five major defence acquisition contracts worth Rs 39,125 crore including procurement of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, radars, weapon systems and aero-engines for MiG-29......
Sandeshkhali, a village in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, has been at the centre of a political storm for nearly a month and has witnessed unprecedented protests over allegations of......
'Khalistan would have been in existence today, but for the army.' IMAGE: Then Lieutenant Colonel Israr Khan, extreme right, back, with General Arun S Vaidya, Mahavir Chakra and Bar, then chief of......
'The entire idea behind the serial bomb blasts was to strike fear in the minds of Indians.''I don't think the blasts were targeted to derail the Indian economy; the idea behind the blasts was......
To threaten China and Pakistan, and then to sharply cut back on military funding, bespeaks a remarkable trust in Beijing and Islamabad that is not borne out by anything they say or do, notes Ajai......
The Indian economy was on an impressive growth path through the first decade of this century till it was brought to an abrupt halt by the policy inertia during UPA2 and the Modi government's......
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan recalls a tussle between the government and RBI when Rajiv Gandhi was prime minister and how it was resolved. IMAGE: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank of......
With his strong views on Bharatiya economics, his appointment to the RBI board may well presage interesting times, says Archis Mohan. Photograph: Sreeram Selvaraj for Rediff.com With the exception......
After 17 tumultuous years, a nationwide Goods and Services Tax (GST) will rollout from midnight of June 30, overhauling India's convoluted indirect taxation system and unifying the $2 trillion......
The Centre has messed it up with Rajan’s resignation. But the RBI is too independent to kowtow to New Delhi, notes Omkar Goswami I have a corporate friend who, more than many, knows how the......
Thrillers are the most popular shows on streaming platforms, and Hindi OTT channels do this genre well, even of some of the series are adapted from foreign sources. The crime thriller can be......
I joined the crew of Being Cyrus as a director's assistantquite early.It was still titled Maasko then (Parsi slang for 'let it slide' or 'keep it under wraps.') During the shoot, the film was known......
IMAGE: Saurashtra's Cheteshwar Pujara fell for a duck in the 2nd innings of the Ranji Trophy Group A match against Maharashtra on Saturday. Photograph: BCCI Saurashtra are in sight of a victory......
Abhimanyu Easwaran's hundred headlines East's 8-wicket win IMAGE: Abhimanyu Easwaran’s century powered East Zone a eight-wicket win over North East Zone. Photograph: BCCI......
A roundup of Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches on Friday.Rohan's century leads Kerala's strong reply IMAGE: Kerala opener Rohan Kunnummal celebrates his century on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match......
IMAGE: Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni with Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina. Photograph: BCCI Operating like a well-oiled unit, Chennai Super Kings will start as overwhelming......
A round-up of the Ranji matches played on Friday Bengal managed to save the match but Mumbai walked away with three points due to the first innings lead on the fourth and final day of their Ranji......